Talk:Model railway scales

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[edit] Merger

I vote NO. The two articles in their current state have a different scope. This one should be a comprehensive list of all the scales grouped by the standardisation body (if any) and with links to scale-specific page where the background and features of each scale is explained more in detail. Z220info 10:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

From the titles, and from someone outside of the hobby, I can't tell what the difference is supposed to be. I think they should be merged. If they're not going to be merged, I think it is almost required to move one or both of them to different (more specific) names, so it's more apparent what the difference is. --GargoyleMT 12:06, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
How about moving the scales as defined by standardisation bodies to a new article (maybe Rail transport modelling standards) and merging anything else into Rail transport modelling scales? Or move the info about standards into the NEM and NMRA articles? Zabdiel 6 August 2007
Sure? --GargoyleMT 22:37, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Which option do you favour? I prefer merging stuff into NEM and NMRA over creating a new article. Zabdiel 7 August 2007
I'm not so sure now - I still think moving NEM and NMRA standards into NEW and NMRA articles is a good plan - however I don't know what to do with the the British, Japanese and Live Steam sections. They all have useful info that is in a better form here than anywhere else on wikipedia. Zabdiel 16:28, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
If you're not sure where some of the content should be, leaving the articles in their current state is fine. I don't know anything about these scales - I just wandered into these articles by accident. --GargoyleMT 12:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)